The tense trial of Pfc. Bradley
Manning came to its near conclusion as a
verdict that could strike fear into future
whistleblowers was handed down.
Military Judge Denise Lind declared
Manning guilty on 20 charges, which could
equate to 90 years in a military prison for
the whistleblower. These counts include

include the theft of five U.S. government

Manning Found Guilty/ to p. 6

After a Year-and-a-Half in Office
Councilman Buscaino Makes an Impression
By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

Buscaino Makes an Impression/ to p. 5

Councilman Joe Buscaino with family
as he was sworn into his first full
term in office at the Watts Towers on
July 27. Photo by Betty Guevara

Official Concern Explodes Over
Rancho LPG After Florida Blast

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When Councilman Joe Buscaino won the special election to fill Councilwoman turned
Congresswoman Janice Hahn’s seat, progressives in San Pedro and other parts of the district were
concerned that he would operate as little more than a San Pedro boy with a million-watt smile.
There was concern that he would serve only San Pedro interests and that the brand of progressivism
would be only skin deep.
A year-and-a-half later, Buscaino was able to cruise into a full term in office. He may not have
fully convinced progressives of his progressive credentials—he doesn’t have enough of a record at
this point to make a determination—but he has been able to firmly establish that he’s committed to
serving the entire district.
He did so by seeking out host families in the Watts’ public housing to spend the night, just to get
a feel of a neighborhood. Was it a publicity stunt? Perhaps. But it sent a powerful message.
During his inaugural speech for his first full term he’s said, “My affection for Watts is very
real.”
He really put his money where his mouth was.
When he said, “I want you to know that I’m your brother and we are family, and I’m committed
to serving the residents of Watts in the way that they deserve,” it’s hard not to believe him.
Indeed, Buscaino ran down the list of good news and items of progress throughout the district,

Rep. Henry A. Waxman, second from right, was joined by local leaders on a
tour of El Segundo’s Northrop Grumman FA-18 assembly line. Following a
blast at a Florida LPG terminal, Waxman sent Homeland Security Sec. Janet
Napolitano a letter calling for her to review her department’s handling of
Rancho LPG Holdings. File photo.

A series of oil and chemical product explosions, which began in San Bruno in October 2010, combined with local activism
focused on the dangers of the Rancho LPG facility has finally produced an outpouring of official concern.
Elected officials recently raised their voices after explosions rocked the Blue Rhino LPG plant in Tavares, a town northwest
of Orlando, Fla., sending flames up to 200 feet into the air and launching thousands of 20-pound propane canisters into the air.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) led the way with an urgent letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano,

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Community
Announcements:

Harbor Area
PILOT—Community
Program

Benefit

Grant

The Harbor Community Benefit Foundation
are hosting grant application workshops from
1:30 to 3 p.m. Aug. 8 and from 4 to 5:30
p.m. Aug. 29. The grants are being issued
for innovative projects and programs aimed
at benefiting the communities of San Pedro
and Wilmington. The following categories
are being considered for grant qualification:
Beautification, education, employment, safety
and community initiatives. The foundation has
a total of $500,000 available for grant funding
and there aren’t restrictions for the number
of grants to be rewarded. Applications for a
grant must be submitted electronically by 4
p.m. Sept. 20. Applications are to be emailed
to info@hcbf.org.
The workshop on Aug. 8, will be at the
Wilmington Senior Citizen Center. The one
on Aug. 29, will be at Banning’s Landing
Community Center.
Details: (310) 997-7116; info@hcbf.org
Venue: Wilmington Senior Citizen Center;
Banning’s Landing Community Center
Location: 1371 Eubank Ave., Wilmington; 100
E. Water St., Wilmington

The Long Beach Police department is
hiring as part of their outreach, they will be
hosting a recruitment fair at The Center on
Aug. 10 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Come meet out
gay and lesbian officers in the community and
see if a career with the Long Beach Police
Department is for you.
Details: www.longbeach.gov/police
Venue: The Center
Location: 2017 E 4th. St., Long Beach

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Circling a square boxing ring with someone
trying to punch your lights out to be a fearsome thing.
Professional boxers must use that fear to transcend
his normal abilities. At least that’s what 1984 boxing
gold medalist, Henry Tillman believes.
“The fear is actually adrenaline and it keeps your
edge,” said Tillman. “That’s what keeps you sharp.”
Tillman believes insights from boxing can
be applied to life outside of the ring. He opened a
gym this past July to guide and train local youth
in boxing—a sport that gave him the drive and
discipline he needed to succeed growing up in Watts,
Los Angeles.
“It got me off [of] the streets. It gave me a
purpose, something to look forward to,” Tillman
said. “It gave me respect. For the first time in my
life, I was doing something people respect.”
Tillman recalled having to fight a lot in order to
survive his youth—it was like a road without a finish
line. It wasn’t until he began his boxing career at the
age of 22 that got the direction he needed.
“Boxing is a very disciplined sport, a very
humbling sport,” Tillman noted. He’s seen young
men who consider themselves the “Billy Bad Asses”
of their neighborhood walk through a boxing gym
and think they could fight.
“I said, man, it’s a whole different league. You’ve
been hitting dudes that have been high off [of] blunts
(marijuana), and drinking 40 ounce [bottles of beer]
but now you’re going to hit a guy that’s going to hit
you back that trains.
“It’ll humble you to the point you realize, ‘I’m

Henry Tillman, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in
boxing, opened the Henry D Tillman Community
Development Center and Championship Boxing
Club on July 11. Photo by Kelvin Brown.

not the baddest guy on earth.’”
Beside the disciplined and humbling
characteristics Tillman aims to instill equality
and respect. He is teaching his students that every
man is just that, a man.
It is important to take a unique approach when
focusing on each individual and their regimen.
“Be respectful, good attitude, treat everybody
the same, you know different, but the same… and
then we go accordingly [by] personality.”
Tillman hopes to drill determination into his
students.
“Never, ever, quit.” Tillman said. “Once you
quit, it’s done, you lost, in anything, in life. Period.
It all boils down to how bad you want it.”

Tillman doesn’t believe that boxing is
for everyone. Those who enter the sport
usually endure countless hours of training and
preparation.
“You [have to] learn to relax under pressure
and still do what you were trained to do.” Tillman
said.
Tillman is hopeful and expressed gratitude
to the community for allowing him to share his
knowledge and give back to the community.
“You’re all welcome here to the gym and I
wish I could just be of service.” Tillman said.
“Especially to get the youth involved. That’s
what I’m here for.”

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Council Votes Carousel Emergency
By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter

During a special meeting on July 29, the
Carson City Council took what the Mayor
Jim Dear, called an “unprecedented” action
regarding the Carousel housing tract. They
voted unanimously to declare the existence of
an emergency with a 4-0 vote. Council member
Mike Gipson was absent.
Carousel was first identified as a toxic site
in 2008 but cleanup hasn’t been done. The
site’s homeowners must continue to live with
hazardous chemicals or else abandon their homes.
Carousel’s 285 single-family homes were built in
the 1960s over a former Shell tank farm.
Tests recently confirmed that the site contains
high levels of methane gas, and benzene that
exceeds the California Human Health Screening
Level. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality
Control Board, a state agency, is currently
considering whether to approve Shell’s sitespecific cleanup goal report.
The council’s resolution declares, “an
emergency in the vicinity of the Carousel tract
neighborhood due to the persistence of explosive

methane gas, carcinogenic benzene and other
chemicals of concern, and issuing such findings
or orders as are authorized by law.”
The city is now requesting that Gov. Jerry
Brown and the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors address and mitigate the declared
emergency. The city is also demanding that
Attorney General Kamala Harris and the board
forces Shell to fully comply with the water
board’s cleanup and abatement order.
The council’s vote drew considerable attention
from at least five television news crews. Two
Carousel residents made comments to the local
ABC station. Resident Kathy Post, said, “We want
out, that’s all we want. Buy our houses out.”
John Randall, another resident, added,
“We’ve had problems with cancer.”
This follows the council’s earlier action at
their June 18 meeting, in response to Shell’s sitespecific cleanup goal report. Carson sent public
comments from three independent experts to the
water board. All three men voiced essentially the
same opinion—Shell’s report detailing cleanup

Buscaino Makes an Impression
starting from communities south to north,
including the selection of the LA Waterfront
Alliance to renovate Ports O’Call Village, the
building of the Southern California International
Gateway off-rail dock facility (it is supposed
to create 22,000 jobs region-wide); completion
of the $22 million Harbor Sports complex in
Wilmington; and the $110 million Machado Lake
project in Harbor City, which has been touted as
an effort to improve water quality while making
the area a destination point.
In Watts, violent crimes are down by 60

can’t exactly take credit. They are something
on which he can build. The conversion of
the Jordan Downs public housing into a mixused home development, the connecting of
Century Boulevard to Alameda corridor, the
improvements to the Watt towers campus and
the 109th Street pool, and the possibility of an
economically vibrant community connected to
the Harbor by the Alameda Corridor are present
success stories.
Before Buscaino took the oath of office, Rep.
Janice Hahn noted that the skills and attributes of

the jobs that we have,” said Kerry Gallagher,
executive director of Housing Long Beach, a
local advocacy group.
The Southern California Association of
Governments requires that Long Beach show
that its housing plan has adequate sites for the
development of affordable housing, the ability
to produce 4,009 affordable units by 2021.
Otherwise, it must rezone and adopt housing
policies to level the playing field.
On June 20, the Long Beach Planning
Commission hosted a study session to consider
a draft-housing element, a plan required for all
cities and counties by the California Department
of Housing and Community Development. The
plan, which must be updated every 8 years, is a
road map in preparation for future growth in the
city.

percent in the past two years. Drive-by shootings
are almost a thing of the past. Buscaino cited
other Watts success stories, such as the 100
percent graduation rate and matriculation rate
into college of Verbum Dei High School for the
past six years—a Catholic all male high school
funded by grants, private donations and tuition.
In case you’re wondering, the school only enrolls
economically disadvantaged students. Buscaino
spoke of working with the new mayor to adapt
and export that model throughout the city.
Buscaino also highlighted four Markham Middle
School students, who won a national engineering
competition this past year for their design of a
prosthetic arm.
These are success stories for which he

a senior lead officer is what’s needed in an
effective city council member.
“If there’s a problem, they want them
to be problems solvers,” Hahn said. “They
want them to show up at their community
meetings, their neighborhood council
meetings and their neighborhood watch
meetings.”
During his speech, he reiterated a
challenge he delivered when he was
first elected: When you judge me by
performance as a council member, judge
me by what I accomplish here in Watts.”
We have been watching and will
continue to watch.

August 9 - 22, 2013

In the draft housing element plan, staff
recommends preserving financial assistance
to low income residents and preservation of
housing vouchers, loan and grant programs and
single-room occupancy opportunities.
The draft housing element promotes using
funding sources such as Section 8 assistance. The
City of Long Beach also has an ordinance that
provides a right of first refusal for tenants who
are displaced due to condominium conversions.
Other programs include the Continuum of
Care program for homeless people, rental and
security deposit assistance, rental assistance
for veterans, project-based vouchers to provide
transitional housing for youth aging out of the
foster system, home rehabilitation loans and
rebates, neighborhood improvement services
and affordable housing development assistance.

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Tongratha Veng has a master’s degree
in business administration and works as an
interpreter and translator.
And yet, he lives in a one-bedroom apartment
that he shares with three people.
“I’m not a lazy person; I’m a hard worker,”
said Veng, who earns about $1,000 to $1,200 per
month. “But I don’t know what to do because
could I not make enough money to support
myself for a one room.”
He is not alone.
About 130,000 people had to choose whether
to pay for rent, food or medical expenses each
month in Long Beach, according to a local
database citing statistics for 2012.
Long Beach Community Data Base, an
information site provided by a group of academics
that use U.S. Census data, found that about half of
Long Beach renters spent more than 35 percent of
their income on housing. The federal government
defines affordable housing as housing that costs
no more than 30 percent of income.
While the number of residents has grown
exponentially, the city has fallen behind on
meeting the demands for affordable housing. This
is especially true at a time when the minimum
wage does not match the cost of housing. If
you want to live in downtown Long Beach, you
might have to pay more than $1,500 per month,
requiring you to earn at least $29.09 an hour.
“When you pay that much on your rent, you
don’t have the fiscal stability to move to another
apartment, let alone, another city or community,”
said Patrick Moreno, a Long Beach resident.
Housing Long Beach estimates that about
20,000 families in the city live in overcrowded
homes and that 67 percent of low-income—
earning less than $25,000 per year—renters spend
more than half of their income on housing.
“The housing we have is not compatible with

falls short of compliance with applicable law:
• Dr. Loren Everett, an internationally
recognized expert in the behavior of oil gasses,
wrote, “Shell is in violation of the very state
guidance documents that it purports to satisfy… I
believe there is an unacceptable risk for families
living over these gasses.”
• Everett’s colleague, James T. Wells,
charged, “Approving Shell’s proposed cleanup
standards would not only be a mistake on
technical grounds, it would be a blow to the
concept of fairness.” He also suggested, “It’s
cheaper for Shell to drag out studies and pilot

tests year after year.”
• A third independent expert, Paul Rosenfield,
commented, “The cleanup criteria that Shell is
proposing grossly exceeds existing Regional
Board Standards… At a minimum, the Regional
Board should require Shell to clean up the site
to standards that are consistent with the existing
guidelines.”
The law firm Girardi & Keese, representing
the city and some Carousel residents, is taking
steps towards getting a lawsuit into court before
the end of the year. Tom Girardi, who is handling
the case, recently explained to Random Lengths
that Shell was the liable party, although Los
Angeles County permitted the tract to be built.
“Shell concealed the problem,” he explained.
A separate issue involves what to do with
the property after cleanup. At a public meeting
on July 18, Carson’s Parks and Recreation
commissioner Rick Pulido advocated turning the
decontaminated site into a public park.

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from p. 1

Manning Found Guilty
databases, six violations of the Espionage Act
and one violation of the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act, all of which pose threats for future
whistleblowers.
Unlike a federal criminal trial, the sentencing
phase for Manning can begin immediately, and is
expected to conclude within the next few weeks.
Manning did escape the harshest charge
though, aiding the enemy. This was the most
controversial charge. It insinuated that any
leaked government documents published through
a journalistic source could be considered “aiding
the enemy.” This, however, is still no victory in
Manning’s case. Many see the aiding the enemy
charge as a red herring.
During the trial, Lind asked if “it makes any
difference [who Manning leaked it to], if it’s
WikiLeaks or any other news organization—The
New York Times, Washington Post, or Wall Street
Journal?”
“No,” the prosecution replied. “It would not.

It would not potentially make a difference.”
The implication of this is that no matter
who publishes a leaked document, they could
ultimately be charged with treason. Their
argument is that intelligence information, posted
online, aids the enemy because the enemy has
access to the Internet.
In 2010, Manning leaked more than 750,000
documents pertaining to the recent wars in the
Persian Gulf.
“I believed that if the general public,
especially the American public, had access to
the information contained within the [Iraq and
Afghan war logs] this could spark a domestic
debate on the role of the military and our
foreign policy in general, as well as relate it to
Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Manning, in a 35page statement that he read during the pretrial
hearing.
Prosecutors argued that Manning harmed
hundreds of different sources when he revealed

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (center) is escorted outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md.

classified documents. Brig. Gen. Robert Carr, a
senior counter-intelligence officer who headed
the Information Review Task Force, testified
that they had uncovered no specific examples of
anyone who had lost his or her life in reprisals
that followed the publication of the disclosures
on the Internet.
Carr, who investigated the impact of
WikiLeaks disclosures on behalf of the Defense
Department, said he didn’t have a specific
example.

Supporters outside and inside Fort Meade
have been wearing black t-shirts with the word
“truth” printed on them, after being banned
from wearing shirts with pictures of Manning’s
face on them. In response to the change, Lind
made them turn the “truth” t-shirts inside out.
Lind eventually allowed them to wear the shirts
normally, probably after recognizing the obvious
irony of the situation.

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The draft housing element also is encouraging
the adaptive reuse of commercial and industrial
buildings for housing, housing trust funds and
home ownership assistance.
Housing Long Beach submitted a white paper
in support of the Housing Element, plus a few
suggestions of their own, including:
• The city commit local sources of funding
for housing development, such as boomerang
funds, which resulted from the closure of its
redevelopment agency.
• New fees on new hotel, retail, restaurant
and office developments.
• Creation of a rent escrow account program
that would allow tenants residing in substandard
homes to pay their rent or reduced rent to the city
until their homes are repaired.

What’s Next

Housing Long Beach remains hopeful that

the city will listen.
For three years, Housing Long Beach
advocated for a mixed-income housing ordinance,
right of first refusal, a hiring ordinance so that
40 percent of the jobs created from construction
would go to local people and 10 percent would
go to low-income Long Beach residents, and a
commercial fee on new development and retail
that would go to the affordable housing trust
fund.
Housing Long Beach did not secure any of
those benefits for the downtown plan in January
2012. One of the things the city said is that they
should not consider these types of issues on a
project-by-project basis; they should consider
them on a citywide basis.
“We have heard the narrative change,” said
Susanne Browne, senior lawyer of the Legal Aid
Foundation of Los Angeles. “The most important
things in life are hard to win.”
City staff sent the draft housing element to
the state Housing and Community Development
Department. Staff is in the process of incorporating
public and state comments into the document. A
public hearing is scheduled for Sept. 5 to discuss
the draft housing element again.
Written comments will be considered up to
10 working days prior to the presentation. The
public will have an opportunity to comment at
the Sept. 5 Planning Commission presentation.
If approved, the Long Beach City Council will
have a go at it by Oct. 1. The Housing Element
must be submitted to the state by Oct. 15. Final
certification will then be obtained at the end of
that process.
To view the draft housing element presented to the
Planning Commission on June 20, visit www.tinyurl.
com/housingelementdraft
To read about the Housing Long Beach’s campaign
visit www.tinyurl.com/housinglbcampaign
To view the discussion at the June 20 Planning
Commission study session visit www.tinyurl.com/
lbplanningcommissionstudy

from p. 1

Rancho Concerns Rise After Florida Blast

Officials Concerned About Rancho/
to p. 10

August 9 - 22, 2013

its March 14 enforcement action) and that of
the Department of Homeland Security, which
is responsible for protecting against terrorist or
criminal acts.
Regarding that enforcement action, Waxman
noted: Rancho was cited for failure to share the
facility’s emergency response plan with first
responders who would have a role in responding
to a release at the facility, failure to assess risks
in its rail storage area, and a failure to properly
plan for seismic events. Essentially, the EPA said
that Rancho is not prepared for an earthquake or
accident.
Yet, Waxman noted, “While EPA has taken
action to protect the community from deficiencies
in the Rancho facility’s preparedness, DHS
found no significant or disqualifying problems
at Rancho,” adding that “An official of the
Department told my staff that the facility had just
undergone a “successful CFATS inspection.”
“Most of the information DHS relied
“We must work to strengthen
upon was self-reported by the
facility,” Waxman went on to
our enforcement of existing regulation on these
say. “And when the inspectors
went to the facility to
facilities. But I am concerned that existing regulation and
conduct the inspections,
their verification efforts
existing law is not enough to protect the families and schoolwere minimal.”
children in my comunity who live in the shadow of this potential
Waxman then zeroed
in on Department of
fireball. I am also troubled by the lack of information available to
Homeland
Security’s
willingness to simply
threatened communities about the insurance
take Rancho at its word
held by the owners and operators of
on matters where EPA had
found Rancho’s claims to be
hazardous facilities.”
false. First was Department of
Homeland Security’s “verification”
—Rep. Janice Hahn
that the emergency response plan,
“had been communicated to local
emergency responders” based
merely on an interview with an
off-site Rancho official. Second
was the Department of Homeland
Security’s “verification” that
Rancho employees had been
trained for emergency response,
based on that same interview and
on training records. In both cases,
The EPA checked with employees
and found that Rancho’s claims
were false.
In reporting on the latest
flurry of attention, KCAL-TV
was also far too trusting of
Rancho, said retired oil industry
“Last week, my staff reviewed the records
consultant Connie Rutter––a
leading community critic of the
from that inspection, and they reveal serious
facility.
Rancho’s statements were “at
inadequacies in the DHS inspection at the facility. Most
best, misleading,” Rutter said.
KCAL concluded its report
of the information DHS relied upon was self-reported by
by saying, “A spokesperson also
said the facility has been audited
the facility. And when the inspectors went to the facildozens of times just in the last
ity to conduct the inspections, their
year and no major violation was
found.”
verification efforts were minimal.”
But this flies directly in
the face of the substantial
—Rep. Henry Waxman
enforcement action by EPA,
which could involve thousands
of dollars of fines per day.
“As far as violations of

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calling attention to serious inconsistencies
between Department of Homeland Security and
Environmental Protection Agency evaluations.
State Sen. Ted Lieu wrote to State Fire Marshal
Chief Tonya Hoover, to request “an investigation
and risk analysis of the Rancho LPG facility,”
citing a number of urgent questions for which
local activists have long sought answers.
Waxman cited community concerns, “that the
tanks are simply too close to homes and schools”
and said that, “the root cause of the problem may
be deficiencies in the Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (CFATS) administered by
[Department of Homeland Security].” He said
that CFATS, “appears to be a ‘failing’ program.”
The issues Lieu asked to be investigated
included:
• Should massive butane and propane tanks
be located near homes, businesses, and schools?
If not, how far away from densely populated
areas should such a facility be located?
• If the butane or propane tanks at Rancho
LPG exploded, what is the worst case scenario?
• What level earthquake could the Rancho
LPG facility withstand without an explosion or
other major catastrophe?
• What happens if an earthquake beyond
the level of which Rancho LPG could withstand
were to occur?
• How susceptible is Rancho LPG to a
terrorist attack?
• What type of insurance and in what amount,
does Rancho LPG carry, if any?
Then on Aug. 1, President Barack Obama
issued an executive order on improving
chemical facility safety and security, responding
to investigations following the West, Texas
explosion. The order, which does not cover
petroleum facilities, nonetheless signals some
increased level of federal concern. It also calls
for improved coordination with state and local
partners as well as enhanced federal agency
coordination and modernization of “policies,
regulations, and standards.”
Sen. Barbara Boxer, who conducted the
Senate investigation into the West, Texas
explosion, praised Obama for taking action.
Also on Aug. 1, Rep. Janice Hahn, newly
appointed to the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads,
Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, called for a
public safety field hearing — her first official act
as a subcommittee member — on Rancho LPG
in a letter to the subcommittee chair and ranking
member. She wrote that she was “concerned that
existing regulation and existing law is not enough
to protect the families and school children in
my community who live in the shadow of this
potential fireball.”
The official activity began July 31, when Rep.
Henry Waxman, the top Democrat on the Energy
and Commerce Committee, who now represents
part of San Pedro, sent a letter to Department of
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Waxman cited a number of concerns from
community leaders in Rancho Palos Verdes,
including, “unexplained flaring ... without proper
notification; mitigation measures [that] have
not been performed ... to prevent an accident or
terrorist attack,” and the larger concern, “that the
tanks are simply too close to homes and schools,
given the possibility of a large-scale explosion.”
He then proceeded to explain how his staff
had become aware of significant discrepancies
between the EPA’s approach (as evidenced in

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Just when the motto, “print is dead” is being
repeated daily like a mantra chanted by the Hari
Krishnas of the iWorld, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, a
digital world icon, buys the Washington Post for
a mere $250 million. Then, there is the sale of the
Boston Globe by John W. Henry the owner of the
Boston Red Sox for a paltry $70 million. Henry
is one of those hedge fund billionaires. And even closer to home, the
O.C. Register is planning to launch
a new daily paper called the Long
Beach Register to fill the vacuous
hole of irrelevancy left by Media
News Group’s, Press Telegram.
So, what more can one say?
Suddenly real newspapers, with
real reporters, printed on real paper are hot properties just when
their advertising values have hit a
new low. We have the Billionaire
Boys Club buying up print publications like some foreclosed properties at fire-sale
prices. What does this say about the relevancy of
hard copy news? Something that I’ve been saying for the last decade, while everyone’s been
fidgeting with their new mobile devices, dreaming of a new digital age free of paper. However, I
do have a particular bias in this, don’t I?
Now, I don’t wish to demean the significance
of digital communications. I use them daily and
rely on them as much or even more than the average reader. What is lost in the hype and exuberance of this new technology is that in this, the
richest nation in the world, there is still some 40
percent of the people who do not have access to
broadband internet and there are still some 7,000
weekly newspapers nationwide who still prosper
inspite of it. At issue, is really the business model of daily newspapers to adapt to this change in
technology. They are literally committing a form
of collective suicide, like lemmings.
The big daily papers, not unlike other big corporations, adapt poorly to core changes in their
markets. Think of General Motors or Bank of
America. If not for government bailouts, these
corporate behemoths would also have been
sold off at bargain basement prices. That they
still exist is because they were propped up and
forced to change.
Smaller papers like this one, are more agile
and capable of adapting to change. We adapted
by placing our entire newspaper online, as you
read it in hard copy, with additional features,
articles and content—real content—not fluffand-fold regurgitation or small town brownnosing. We exist and thrive by the very fact
that communities and business districts need
to have a newspaper that communicates to everyone, not just a few.
Communities like ours thrive because

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there’s a newspaper that hosts the public’s conversation on political issues, public policy and community events and is open to both the pauper and
the prince. A newspaper that understands its place
in a democracy as a venue for public debate, is
one that resists complacency through favoritism
or cronyism.
Business districts all across
this nation are challenged by the
same problems that San Pedrans
are here. We are not exceptional.
The Great Recession has hit Main
Street harder and lasted longer than
anyone wishes to admit. The small
entrepreneur knows this better than
any banker or politician.
Yet, the business leaders in
these districts react in seemingly
old fashion ways. The recent street
fair celebrating San Pedro’s 125th
anniversary held on 6th Street, Aug.
3 and 4, being one example of good intentions
recycling old solutions. I’ve seen this street fair
in at least three—if not four—incarnations in the
past 30 years. Branding-wise, it was confusing as
to what it was celebrating or where it was being
held or exactly what 125 years this celebration
represented. As far as content, it could have been
held in any part of Los Angeles County. In other
words, there was not much that made this event
particularly unique to the character or the Historic Waterfront Arts District. Where were the artists, actors and performers of our culturally rich
community? Plenty of good tribute bands from
all over the place, but was Mike Watt, a nationally known local musician invited to perform? I
felt like how one local commented, “Is this all we
have after 125 years?”
This “back to the future” street fair did accomplish one core objective: It filled some,
though not all, of our better restaurants and bars
until closing time for one glorious weekend and
brought some needed foot traffic to streets that,
in better days, have seen thousands of workers
flow through its avenues.
What has been lost and still not found in all
of this is the basis for a new vibrant local economy. Like many small business districts across
this land, this one has to compete with both the
global and digital business models. And what’s
frustrating to those who live and work here is that
we get to witness the impact of hundreds of billions of dollars of imports arriving annually right
in front of us.
When we learn how to replace the 35,000 locally-based jobs we lost during the 1980s to free
trade agreements, we will once again see a revival of this downtown waterfront business district.
In the meantime, it was great to have the Lobster
Festival crawl up Sixth Street for the weekend.
Publisher/Executive Editor
James Preston Allen
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is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.”
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Pursuit of a New Happiness for
the 21st Century Harbor Area
By June Burlingame Smith

The Los Angeles Harbor community has a
gap to fill between what it is and what it is to
become. The question is, what is the path to this,
vibrant, safe and successful community? How do
we move from a 19th century model for building
and governing our towns to one that provides for
the 21st century changes shaping our futures?
The economic problems that the Harbor Area
face are not unique to it; they are symptomatic of
many small communities across the nation that
have lost some or all of their industrial or manufacturing bases. But we are fortunate in the Los
Angeles Port area in that even though the fishing
and shipbuilding jobs are no longer helping us
grow, we still have a strong, vibrant workforce
driven by the economic needs of the region and
country. We have the ports of Los Angeles and
Long Beach to service those needs and city councils that work hard to assure economic success.
Many other communities across America, like
the famous rust-belt, which includes Detroit,
have not been so fortunate.
Additionally, we have labor unions fighting
to keep their workforces viable and to provide
them with decent living wages and benefits, and
we have community activists, both environmental and economic, who continue to struggle to
bring voices together for the common good.
Recently, several political changes have also
informed how the community can come together

to deliberate what the Harbor Area should become: the formation of neighborhood councils
a little more than a decade ago; the election of
a new councilman, a new mayor and new (well,
fairly new) congresswoman. Unfortunately, we
have lost one of the more effective avenues for
bringing community consensus, the Port Community Advisory Committee and to date there is
no plan by the new mayor to replace its functions.
This leaves a hole in an otherwise positive nexus
of dialogues that enable the Harbor community
to rationally explore issues and options and it
will be up to these entities to find consensus on
Harbor Area goals.
Some of these goals are: the revitalization
of the downtown business district in San Pedro;
the redevelopment of Ports O’Call Village; the
continuation of improving the Wilmington Waterfront; and the elimination of the most dangerous threat to economic and public safety in our
area: removal of the Liquid Petroleum Gas tanks
at N. Gaffey Street and Westmont Avenue.
History tells us that timing in politics, as in
love and work, is crucial for success. Very recent catastrophic events have finally moved local politicians to seriously consider not only the
local impact of a full blowout from these butane
and propane tanks holding millions of gallons of
volatile gas, but also to consider the effect on the
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RANDOMLetters
Response to RLN’s call
for “New Civil Rights
Movement”

Never missing an opportunity
to blame racism as the source
of today’s ills, Random Lengths
News ran a cover declaring that a
new Civil Rights Movement must
rise up in response to the “unjust”
Zimmerman verdict. Following
twelve days of deliberation and
fifty-six witnesses, a jury of six
persons exonerated Zimmerman,
man of Anglo-Hispanic heritage. It
was a just verdict.
Instead of heeding the
irreverent civil rights race-baiters
like Al Sharpton, who lies bluntly,
or Jesse Jackson, whose urge to
merge and need to screed has
diminished his integrity, we should
consider what Reverend Martin
Luther King Jr. would say about the
Zimmerman verdict, and today’s
status of African-Americans.
First, Dr. King would remind
voters that in previous decades,
most white people were never
indicted, let alone convicted and
incarcerated for willfully killing
black people. Back then, white
lynch mobs would preen for
cameras following their savage
murders of black people, brazenly
smiling because they knew that no
white jury would convict them.
Then King would recall the
trial of the “Scottsboro Boys”, in
which a white judge set aside a
corrupt guilty verdict, knowing
full well that the nine young
African-American men did not
rape a white woman of dubious
reputation and loose morals. A
white lawyer defended the nine
defendants, and shortly after black
men began serving on Alabama
juries. Perhaps King would then
remind everyone about the tragic
slaughter of fifteen-year old
Emmett Till, a forerunner of young
Trayvon Martin, who was killed by

white supremacists in Mississippi
for whistling at a white woman.
Fifty years later, prosecutors filed
charges and indicted the men
who killed that child. He would
talk about OJ Simpson, a wealthy
African-American athlete tried for
murder, yet not convicted.
In his “Letter in a Birmingham
Jail”, King commented that in
his time blacks still had to beg
to get a cup of coffee at the local
dime-store. Today, blacks are
celebrated entrepreneurs, including
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, whose
investments helped save gangriddled, irrepressibly corrupt
Compton from epic stagnation.
Of course, Herman Cain ran
Godfather’s Pizza, and we have
black leaders in our courts and in
our statehouses, including Deval
Patrick of Massachusetts. We
even have a black President (even
though his policies have put more
black people “in the back of the
bus” than any white President).
Instead of crying about racism
and victimization, King would say:
“We have come a long way!”
Arthur Christopher Schaper
Torrance

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Pursuit of Happiness

innovation or impose new hardships. And, since our elected
officials are sworn to represent
the total community, not just
special re-election interests, it
is up to the community to inform them as to what we want,
what we need and when we
need it.
In a recent address at the
Chautauqua Institute in New
York, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy made
a strong distinction between
the American Bill of Rights
championing freedom and the
pursuit of happiness and the
French Revolution that championed liberty. The American
approach is Lockian, not Greek,
in that we are born in a state of
freedom and not given it. It is
our right. But other societies,
including the Ancient Greeks,

Save Williams’
Bookstore

I’m in pain, as I am sure that
you are, about the pending demise
of our 104 year-old (the oldest in
L.A.) Williams’ Bookstore.
Surely, there is a way to save it.
Ironically, there may be a way
through “partnering up” with the

very business model that is now
forcing its closure—Online book
sales.
While discussing the matter
with my daughter Noel, who
conducts her own eCommerce
business from Paris, France,
she referred me to the following
website: www.abebooks.com/docs/
BooksellerCentral/new-used.shtml
It seems that local bookstores
can “partner up” with Amazon,
utilizing their vast marketing and
distribution network, but providing
a specialized “content” of what
the local bookstore does best.
Williams’ trades in old, classic
comic books, for instance. That’s
a “hot market” these days. If
Williams’ were to “partner up”
as AbeBooks does on the above-

referenced website, who knows
what income might be generated?
If this gets your businesscreative juices flowing as it does
mine, pass it on.
Time is of the essence. Williams’
is due to close on August 5th.
I have not discussed this yet
with Jerry Gusha at Williams’ but I
intend to amble over there today.
Bill Roberson
San Pedro

Way to Go, Joe

Congrats to Councilman
Joe Buscaino for an outstanding
swearing in ceremony last
Saturday.
Joe made history by holding
More Letters/ to p. 10

More Racist Rants

1. the weak link in any chain is
“diversity”, the strongest chain is
homogeneous---moron!
2.you won’t eliminate violence
when the perpetrator is a 1/2 wit
monkey with the intellect of a
cockroach------3. you don’t need a mediator
among rival gangs, you need force
to keep the animals in check and
isolated--Richard Paoletti
San Pedro

Richard,
The facts and the statistics
don’t support your assertions.
There has been loads of research
that proves you wrong. Flat wrong
and only a moron continues to
believe something based on bigotry
and hatred after the truth has been
explained.
Do you also still believe that
the earth is flat and the solar

believed that everyone was beholden first to the community,
not to individual liberties.
Why is this important? Because in 21st century America,
we have to figure out how to
manage the individual right to
the “Pursuit of Happiness” with
the communal “right to happiness.” Thomas Jefferson gave
us this phrase that dominates
American spirit and politics,
but we are continuously trying
to figure out just exactly what
the pursuit of happiness means
and how to achieve it.
Just maybe, with good will,
more hard work and diligence,
the Harbor Area will blend individual pursuits of happiness
in a way that creates the happiness and safety of the community. We can start by moving
the LPG tanks to a safer geographic area.

June Burlingame Smith is the
former co-chairwoman of the Port
Community Advisory Committee

August 9 - 22, 2013

security of the port and hence
the nation itself.
The time is right for our
local community to finally be
heard and to engage with the
more powerful state and federal communities to overcome
all the arguments telling us
why the tanks can’t be moved.
Mother Nature is speaking regularly and loudly by giving us a
series of disasters—from Texas
to Montreal to Florida. And,
since man is a political animal,
as well as somentimes a rational one, alarm bells that have
been ringing for more than 40
years are not only continuing to
sound, but ears that matter are
finally being opened to their
sound.
Fresh political faces should
mean fresh starts, not blind repetition of policies that stagnate

system revolves around the earth?
Or, perhaps that genocide of
Native Americans was justified by
manifest destiny or the white man’s
burden to civilize the pagans?
I could go on but luckily the
majority of my readers get my point
even if a racist like you doesn’t.
James Preston Allen,
Publisher

The Local Publication You Actually Read

Dear Arthur,
You continue to gripe about
our progressive left-ish editorials
which only leads me to ask, why
don’t you try publishing your
own newspaper and see if anyone
would support your libertarian
retro-hurrah-America-is-alwaysright propaganda? What is needed
in our nation today is a open and
frank discussion on race and class,
justice and equality. Not more
denials,
So, yes, a jury in a very
conservative southern state found
Zimmerman not guilty, and the
point is what, this is not a form
of racism? Some years ago I
declined to sit on a jury panel in
Long Beach, California, because

I told the judge, “that I did not
believe the two black defendants
could get a fair trial in his court in
that city.” And I still believe this
to be true. And it is not just about
black, brown or any other color it
really is about “class.” This is a
subject that we Americans avoid
speaking of, the existence of class
and the privileges that it brings or
denies.
As has been said many times,
“justice in America comes to those
who can afford it.” Go see for
yourself at any county court house
in this state, go look at who is in
our prisons and then tell me how
many rich people end up there.
And it’s not because rich white
folks don’t commit major crimes,
hell Wall Street is full of them!
California has the highest rate of
incarceration of any place on earth
and one does have to ask, why is
the percentage of minorities higher
in our prisons than it is in our
general population?
James Preston Allen,
Publisher

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RANDOMLetters

from p. 9

his event at the Watts Tower, marking the first time a
15th CD Councilman was sworn in in the “north end
of the District.” 2013 is the year of Italy in LA and
Simon Rodia (the artist who created the Watts Tower)
was Italian, so Joe combined his swearing in with an
Italian-American street fair, bringing together all parts

of the 15th CD.
Mayor Garcetti administered the oath, lots of
support from fellow City Councilmembers and the
community, terrific multi-cultural performers and,
most significantly, a commitment from Joe that his
term in office would be judged by what changes can
be brought to the community of Watts.
Mainly, Joe pledged to move forward several job
creating projects including the BNSF rail yard, the
creation of a new LA Waterfront, and the redevelopment
of aging Jordan Downs. A very ambitious agenda.
Good luck, Joe! Thank you.
Diane L. Middleton
San Pedro

Connie Rice

Your 16-column-inch profile of Connie Rice’s
career and autobiography does justice to a remarkable
woman and great force for good in Los Angeles.
Still I have a feeling something’s missing, a way
she somehow figures in current events—maybe even
a little controversy. It’s hovering at the edge of my
consciousness...
Damn.
Nope, I can’t remember. Maybe you can.
Egomet Bonmot
Dear Mr. Bonmot,
I don’t think I came close to doing “justice” to
Connie Rice’s career in my article. Even using the
word justice in this regard actually seems odd. But
thank you for your kind thoughts and support.
James Preston Allen,
Publisher

Sen. Ted Lieu to California Fire
Marshal on Rancho LPG
Dear Chief Hoover:
I represent the 28th Senate District, which includes
San Pedro and Rancho Palos Verdes. There have been
longstanding concerns raised by constituents and
government officials regarding the safety of a liquid
bulk storage facility located at 2110 North Gaffey
Street in San Pedro. Owned and operated by Rancho
LPG Holdings LLC, this facility stores more than
25 million gallons of hazardous material, including
butane in two large 40-year-old tanks and propane in
other tanks. The tanks are located across a street from
homes, businesses, and schools. The recent explosions
at the Blue Rhino propane plant in Tavares, Florida on
July 29th show the potentially catastrophic dangers of
large butane and propane tanks. Such tanks should not
be located near densely populated areas.
In light of the recent propane explosions
in Florida—and past explosions in Kansas, Texas,
and other places—I am writing to respectfully request
that the Office of the State Fire Marshal conduct an
investigation and risk analysis of the Rancho LPG
facility. After the Rancho LPG facility was permitted,
a Los Angeles Times article stated at the time that an
adequate safety and risk analysis was not conducted.
I am also informed the amount of explosive propane
at this facility is 50 times more than the Blue Rhino
facility in Tavares, Florida. I am also informed that
butane is as hazardous, if not more hazardous, than

from p. 6

Officials Concerned Over Rancho

August 9 - 22, 2013

Serving the Seven Cities of the Harbor Area

existing laws, the facility has certainly been noncompliant,” Rutter said.
Even beyond the EPA, “There have been
numerous violations of AQMD rules,” Rutters
noted.
What’s more, inspections by the Los Angeles
Fire Department and CalOSHA have been spotty
at best.
“CalOSHA had never inspected the facility
before last year, but did so after our citizen group
contacted them,” Rutter said. “They found no
violations, but the inspection report indicated
that the inspector wasn’t sure what to look for.”
The real problem though is that even a perfect

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inspection record wouldn’t mean much in terms
of public safety. “LPG is so dangerous, that with
the best of intentions, and the best technology it
can’t be made safe,” Rutter said, a point she has
made repeatedly over the past year-and-a-half.
“LPG (butane and propane) are gases at
ambient temperatures, but are liquefied by
pressure (propane) or refrigeration (butane),” she
explained.
“When the pressure is released or the
temperature rises, which would happen if there is
a release, LPG will turn to a vapor very quickly
and form a vapor explosion, followed by a fiery
explosion if there is a source of ignition.”

propane. Some of the issues I would like your office
to investigate include, but are not limited to, the
following:
1. Should massive butane and propane tanks be
located near homes, businesses, and schools? If not,
how far away from densely populated areas should
such a facility be located?
2. If the butane or propane tanks at Rancho LPG
exploded, what is the worst case scenario?
3. What level earthquake could the Rancho LPG
facility withstand without an explosion or other major
catastrophe? What happens if an earthquake beyond
the level of which Rancho LPG could withstand were
to occur?
4. How susceptible is Rancho LPG to a terrorist
attack?
5. What happens if the butane or propane tanks
start leaking?
6. What type of insurance, and in what amount,
does Rancho LPG carry, if any?
7. What recommendations, if any, are there that
could make the facility safer?
8. Would relocating the facility to a further
away location prevent loss of life or property should
explosions or other catastrophic events occur at the
Rancho LPG facility?
As you know, butane and propane accidents
have occurred in other locations and have resulted in
deaths, injuries, and significant property damage. Last
October, a propane company in Kansas relocated its
facility after a deadly explosion killed a worker and
destroyed homes. In 1987, a butane explosion at a
chemical plant in Texas killed three people and blew
out windows in buildings six miles away. Butane and
propane explosions have also occurred around the
world, causing deaths and property damage.
Rancho LPG has already committed a series of
environmental violations. The federal Environmental
Protection Agency is handling those issues. I am
requesting your office to address the safety, risk, and
fire issues involved with having massive butane and
propane tanks located near densely populated areas in
San Pedro and Rancho Palos Verdes.
Thank you for your attention to this important
matter. I am also happy to meet with you to discuss
this issue. If you have any questions regarding this
letter, please contact me at (310) 318-6994. Sincerely,
Sen. Ted Lieu
28th District

by: Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

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gender male who broke the news to his lesbian girlfriend
that he was not a lesbian; Pam and Erica, two transgender
women in their mid 50s undergoing reassignment surgery; and, of course, the story of Navy Flight Surgeon
Dr. Christine McGinn, a transgender woman and her
lesbian wife who struggled to conceive and deliver a
baby together.
Arnold explained that he and his team shot footage
for more than two years. He noted that a number of the
interviews they conducted wound up on the cutting room
floor. The first six-months of shooting was spent following McGinn and her career.
“She’s somebody who has dedicated her entire life to
the transgender community,” Arnold explained. “[She]
understands better than anybody what the issues are in the
transgender world. So we got a real first-hand education
from her about exactly where the
problems and how the transgender
community is perceived by society in general.”
In fact, it was McGinn who
invited Arnold and his producer
partner, Dr. Mark Schoen, to make
this film. McGinn’s profile as a
transgender activist took off after
she told her story on Oprah in
2009. Network television executives started pitching her to do a
documentary on her life.
“What we were able to do in
this film is correct a lot of misin-

formation that is out there,” Arnold explained. “Simply because of the way trans people have generally
been perceived through shows like Jerry Springer
and what I call circus acts out in the media...That is
why the transgender community has been so vilified
and attacked.”
In the Danaan Tyler story arc, Trans tackles difficult questions at the outset, such as exploring at
what age do humans fully realize a gender identity.
As a parent, what do you do when a child, before
they’re even old enough to go to school, begins
identifying with the gender anatomically opposite
of which they were born?
Tyler and her family recounted the days where she
was so unhappy with suppressing her gender identity
that she would violently act out and intentionally
harm herself. The film zeroes in on an unhappylooking Tyler dressed as a boy in group photos with
her classmates as her mom, father and brother spoke
on how they grappled with the situation.
“I felt that what this story was about, was not only
about the courage of Danaan, this little child, her
wisdom of being able to understand before anyone
else what her real condition was,” Arnold explained.
“But I also thought that the most important story was
that of her parents.
“There are so many parents out there in similar
circumstances and really have no idea what to do
about it. If it were to happen to you, it’s kind of the
last thing you would think about.”

espite the advances of the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender equality movement, I’ve found that the
valuation of transgendered lives still has a long way to
go.
A transgender activist in the documentary film, Trans,
noted that in many cases transgender people aren’t just
murdered, they are mutilated, stabbed a 1,000 times, and
set on fire, not necessarily in that order.
Filmmaker Chris Arnold has been traveling the country, screening his documentary, Trans, with the hope of
drawing attention to a film that aims to demystify what
it means to be transgender.
Trans follows several story arcs that include 7-yearold Danaan Tyler, a male-to-female transgender child
who knew who she was at 2 years of age; Cris, a trans-

Trans Continued on page 17.

Cris’ story is one of the story arcs featured in Trans. The film followed him as they copes with
his (female to male) transgender identity. File Photo

August 9 – 22, 2013
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Delicious Chili & Brewfest
on the Queen mary

Verde and Homestyle categories, as well as the
People’s Choice category.
McGee began his life in competitive chili
as a judge in the International Chili Society for
two years before he began entering competitions
himself. McGee won a number of competitions,
building up to a People’s Choice victory at the
2011 World’s Championship Chili Cookoff.
Dyer is this year’s first place winner for his
world-class pork and green chile has placed second
three times in the red chili championship, losing
once in a tie-breaker vote. He placed easily in
reach of the winner’s circle this year by advancing
to the finals table for all three ICS cook-off
categories: red chili, chili verde and salsa.
Delicious Chili & Brewfest is just one of

On the Road Chili’s, Clark McGee (left) and his team.
File photo

Photo by Lori Lynn Hirsch Stokoe

August 9 – 22, 2013

Independent And Free.

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By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

hili is one of those down home dishes
you can eat anytime of the year. It is also the one
dish in the American culinary lexicon for which
everyone has a special recipe—hence the reason
why I enlisted Lori Lynn Stokoe Hirsch to submit
one of her chili recipes for this edition.

When I was growing up, my mom prepared
a pot of chili in the fall with a special blend of
beans, beef, and some combination of herbs and
spices. It never felt like we made the transition
from summer to fall until she filled the house with
the homemade chili scent.
On this Labor Day, the Queen Mary will be
hosting its first Delicious Chili & Brewfest where
there will be a Chili Cook-off and celebration of
local breweries. Chefs interested in participating
in the chili cook-off can obtain more information
and submit to compete in the event online at
queenmary.com.
On the Road Chili’s Clark McGee and
Gearjammers’ Robert Dyer will judge the cookoff. Typically, competitive chili cooks compete
in any combination of the Traditional Red, Chili

the many special events planned at the Queen
Mary over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
The festivities begin with the Art Deco Festival,
celebrating the opulence of “The Great Gatsby”
era, Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. Shoreline Jam
music festival follows with Pepper, Tomorrow’s
Bad Seeds and more artists performing on Aug.
31. The Delicious Chili & Brewfest will then
premier on Sept. 1. More information and tickets
for events at the Queen Mary can be found on
queenmary.com
General admission tickets for Delicious Chili
& Brewfest start at just $10. VIP experiences are
available beginning at $39 and include early VIP
admission, a souvenir mug, five tasting tickets and
access to a VIP lounge.
Delicious will also offer live entertainment
and a family friendly Kid’s Country where the
little ones can keep busy with obstacle courses,
a bounce house, games, face painting and much
more. The deadline for entering the cookoff
competition is Aug. 15. Look for the application
on the Queen Mary’s website.
Venue: Queen Mary Waterfront Events Park
Location: 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach

Place rinsed, picked-over cranberry beans
in a heavy-bottomed pot. Cover with water. Boil
for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand,
covered for one hour. Drain and rinse beans.
Place soaked beans back in the pot and cover
with water 2 inches above the beans. Bring to a
boil, then reduce heat and simmer covered for
one hour or until the beans are tender taking
care not to overcook. Drain beans.
Meanwhile, sauté green pepper and onion
in a bit of olive oil. When almost tender, add
jalapeño and garlic and cook for a few more
minutes. Place this mixture in the heavybottomed pot. Add diced tomato, parsley,
paprika, chili powder, salt, and cumin. Blend
tomato paste with one cup of hot beef stock.
Add this mixture to the vegetables.
Heat a splash of olive oil in the sauté pan.
Add ground bison, broken up into bite-sized
pieces. Cook until browned. Add bison to the
vegetable mixture. Finally, add beans, mix it all
together, taking care not to break up the beans.
Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Taste and adjust the salt. Ladle chili
into bowls and top with a poached egg. Finish
with a sprinkling of chopped parsley.
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wine, and entertaining at Taste With The Eyes
http://www.tastewiththeeyes.com and tweets as
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What food did Elizabeth Taylor have shipped
to her while filming Cleopatra on the set in
Rome?
Ten quarts of chili. Yes, chili from West
Hollywood. When she could pretty much order
up anything she fancied, she chose the humble
bowl of chili. That spicy stew with a history
that goes back to the American Southwest
frontier days has endless variations. Based
on geography, legend, personal taste and
availability of ingredients, recipes for chili vary
widely but the passion for this beloved dish
does not.
Quite possibly more flavorful than beef, and
perhaps a bit sweeter, I use ground bison as the
meat in this chili recipe. At the turn of the 20th
century, bison were on the brink of extinction.
Theodore Roosevelt and others formed the
American Bison Society to help save the species,
but it wasn’t until recently when ranchers and
the meat industry successfully marketed bison,
that the North American population reached
more than a half-million. Lower in fat and
cholesterol, higher in protein and iron than beef,
bison is raised without antibiotics or hormones.
They roam wild producing meat that is naturally
leaner than cattle. Bison is, however, more
expensive than ground beef due to the smaller

supply and the higher expense to bring the
product to market.
Heirloom beans are superior to common
beans. Untouched by genetic science and
cultivated for thousands of years - there
are more than 10,000 varieties of heirloom
beans and legumes. The cranberry bean
is pale pink with maroon markings. When
cooked, it is plump, rich and earthy. Its
velvety texture makes it a perfect bean for
stews.
Quality ingredients are the key to a
fabulous finished dish. Heirloom cranberry
beans and flavorful wild bison make this
chili one that could be a contender in the
next chili cook-off. I use smoked paprika and
chili de arbol powder to balance the chili with
smoke, earth and heat notes. And I eschew
the ubiquitous shredded cheese and diced
onion topping for a silky poached egg. The
runny yolk adds richness to the spicy stew.
My recipe was loosely adapted from
the Chasen’s Recipe, that famous chili that
was shipped Elizabeth Taylor in Italy back
in 1962.

Superman’s Men of Steel
Superman’s Men of Steel is at Alvas Showroom, 2
p.m. Aug. 11. Nine men will be rocking the guitar
with various types of music. Don’t miss these
accomplished guitarists on a shared stage. The
cover charge is $25.
Details: (800) 403-3447; www.alvasshowroom.
com
Venue: Alvas Showroom
Location: 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

Tommy Johnson and the VIP Band
Harvelles is hosting Tommy Johnson and the VIP
Band, 9:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Tommy Johnson is an
accomplished singer, writer and producer. His
band will bring you the sounds of soul, blues,
gospel, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop. The cover
for the event is $5. The event will require a twodrink minimum purchase from those attending, so
nobody under the age of 21 will be allowed.
Details: (562) 239-3700; www.longbeach.harvelles.
com
Venue: Harvelles Long Beach
Location: 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach

Junior Biologist: Tropical Pacific
The Aquarium of the Pacific is conducting the
Junior Biologist: Tropic Pacific class, 9:30 to
11:30 Aug. 10. The junior biologist series of
programs at the aquarium will encourage a love
for marine life in your child. The class is intended
for children between seventh and twelfth grades.
The registration fee is $27, but the aquarium
admission is not included. Call the number below
to register.
Details: (562) 951-1630; www.aquariumofpacific.
org
Venue: Aquarium of the Pacific
Location: 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach
The Urban Ocean: World Port and Sealife
Cruise
The Aquarium of the Pacific is hosting the Urban
Ocean: World Port and Sealife Cruise, 4 to 6:30
p.m. Aug. 10. Join us on a double-deck yacht as
we explore one of the most distinctive sections of
our coastline and experience the wonders of the
Southern California urban ocean. Adult admission
Calendar continued on page 15.

Big Nick’s Pizza

Tradition, variety
and fast delivery;
you get it all at Big
Nick’s Pizza. The best
selection of Italian
specialties include
hear ty calzones,
an array of pastas
and of course, our
amazing selection
of signature pizzas,
each piled high with the freshest toppings.
Like wings or greens? We also offer an
excellent selection of appetizers, salads,
beer and wine. Call for fast delivery. Hours:
10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-11:30
p.m. Fri. & Sat. 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro
• (310) 732-5800
Boardwalk Grill

C a s u a l
waterfront
dining at its
finest! Famous
fo r s l a b s o f
Chicago-style
baby back ribs,
fish-n-chips,
rich clam chowder, cold beer on tap and
wine. Full lunch menu also includes salads,
sandwiches and burgers. Indoor and outdoor
patio dining available. Proudly pouring
Starbucks coffee. Open 7 days a week. Free
Parking. 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth
77, San Pedro • (310) 519-7551
Buono’s Authentic Pizzeria
A San Pedro
landmark for over
40 years, famous
for exceptional
awa rd - w i n n i n g
pizza baked in
brick ovens.
Buono’s also
offers classic Italian dishes and sauces
based on tried-and-true family recipes and
hand-selected ingredients that are prepared
fresh. You can dine-in or take-out. Delivery
and catering are also provided. Additionally,
there are two locations in Long Beach. Hours:
Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11
a.m.-11 p.m. 1432 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro •
(310) 547-0655 www.buonospizza.com
Iron City Tavern

Iron City features a newly
renovated
dining room
and wonderfully restored
bar in a modern setting.
The most comfortable gastropub in San
Pedro, Iron City offers casual dining for lunch
and dinner with food service at the bar. Catch
all sporting events on seven 50” screens in
surround sound and listen to your favorite
tunes on our internet jukebox. (Iron City is
a supporter of the Black & Gold.) Iron City
features authentic Philly cheese steaks, various hot sandwiches and burgers, calamari
steaks and a variety of Italian pasta dishes.
Hours:10:30 a.m.-2a.m. 7 days a week.
Happy hour from 4-6 p.m. featuring 1/2
priced appetizers and drink specials. Free
parking in rear. 589 W. 9th St., San Pedro •
(310) 547-4766

Lighthouse Cafe

The favorite
local cafe for the
point Fermin area
of San Pedro great
breakfasts, lunches
and even dinner.
Serving traditional
offering for breakfast along with specialty
omelets, espresso and cappuccino. Lunches
include a delicious selection of soups, salads,
burgers and sandwiches with hearty portions
as well as Chef’s Creations. Dinners feature
Top Sirloin Steak or Prime Rib as well as a kids
menu. Beer and wine are served. Free Wifi and
is pet friendly on the patio. Open 7 days a week
7 a.m. to 9 p.m. close to Cabrillo Beach and the
Korean Bell, Point Fermin area- 508 West 39th
St., San Pedro. 310- 548- 3354
Mishi’s Strudel Bakery
Mishi’s is a fragrant
landmark on 7th
Street, where it
is possible to find
Nirvana by following
your nose. The
enticing aroma of
baking strudel is
impossible to resist,
and the café is warm
and welcoming like
your favorite auntie’s
house. Aniko and
Mishi have expanded the menu to include
homemade goulash, soups and a variety of
sweet and savory Hungarian strudels, crépes
and pastas. Take a frozen strudel home to bake
in your own kitchen and create that heavenly
aroma at your house. Mishi’s Strudel Bakery
and Café, 309 W.7th St., St., San Pedro • (310)
832-6474 www.mishisstrudel.com
PORTS O’CALL WATERFRONT DINING
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we’ve extended a
hearty welcome to
visitors from every
corner of the globe.
Delight in an aweinspiring view of the
dynamic LA Harbor
while enjoying
exquisite Coastal California Cuisine and Varietals.
Relax in the Plank Bar or Outdoor Patio for the
best Happy Hour on the Waterfront. With the
Award-Winning Sunday Champagne Brunch,
receive the first SPIRIT CRUISES Harbor Cruise
of the day FREE. Open 7 days, lunch and dinner.
Free Parking. 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor Berth 76, San Pedro • (310) 833-3553 www.
Portsocalldining.com

SPIRIT CRUISES
An instant
party! Complete
with all you need
to relax and enjoy
while the majesty
of the harbor slips
by. Our three yachts and seasoned staff
provide for an exquisite excursion every
time, and “all-inclusive” pricing makes party
planning easy! Dinner Cruise features a
3-course meal, full bar, unlimited cocktails
and starlight dancing. Offering the ultimate
excursion for any occasion. Free Parking.
1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth 77, San
Pedro • (310) 548-8080, (562) 495-5884 •
www.spiritmarine.com
Trusela’s

San Pedro Brewing Company
A microbrewery and
American grill, SPBC
features hand-crafted
award-winning ales
and lagers served with
creative pastas, bbq,
sandwiches, salads
and burgers. A full bar
with made-from-scratch
margaritas and a martini
menu all add fun to the warm and friendly
atmosphere. WIFI bar connected for Web surfing
and e-mail—bring your laptop. Live music on
Saturdays. Hours: From 11:30 a.m., daily. 331
W. 6th St., San Pedro • (310) 831-5663 • www.
sanpedrobrewing.com

Steel guitar players in latest Superman film comes
together at Alvas Music
by: Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor and B. Noel Bar, Music Writer
Steel pedal guitar player,
Chas Smith will be performing with other players at the Men of Steel
concert Aug. 11

Ichthyology
The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is hosting an
Ichthyology class, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Aug. 12. Find
out about the inner and outer workings of sharks,
fish, and other ocean animals through behavior
observation and dissection. The fee for the class is
$77 for members and $85 for non-members. Class
fee includes Science at the Seashore T Shirt.
Details:
(310)
548-7562;
www.
cabrillomarineaquarium.org
Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Location: 3720 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro
Wet Tech
The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is hosting Wet
Tech, 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 12. Apply technology
to ocean studies by designing and building a
remotely operated and underwater vehicle. The
fee for the class is $77 for members and $85 for
non-members. Class fee includes Science at the
Seashore T Shirt.
Details:
(310)
548-7562;
www.
cabrillomarineaquarium.org
Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Location: 3720 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro

August 13

Carolyn’s Crew: Crochet and Knitting Club
The San Pedro Library is hosting Carolyn’s Crew:
Crochet and Knitting Club, 3 p.m. Aug. 13. Carolyn’s
Crew is an all ages crochet and knitting club for kids,
adults, and seniors too. This event is recommended
for children ages 7 and older. If you wish to learn to
crochet, you are encouraged to bring a size “I” hook.
If you wish to learn to knit, you are encouraged
to bring knitting needles size 8.
Details: (310) 548-7779; www.lapl.org
Venue: San Pedro Library
Location: 931 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
Exploring the Deep Pacific
The Aquarium of the Pacific presents Exploring
the Deep Pacific: With Bruce Robinson, 7 to 8:30
p.m. Aug 13. Bruce Robinson will discuss recent
discoveries made using manned and robotic
submersibles to explore the deep sea. The results
include many animals new to science. The cost of
the event is $5 for the general public. The fee is
waived if you are an aquarium members, senior,
teachers or student.
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Venue: Aquarium of the Pacific
Location: 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach

AugUst 18

Metal Clay Magyk
Crafted at the Port is hosting a class named Metal
Clay Magyk, from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 18. You will learn
how to produce pendants out of silver clay from
an accomplished clay artisan. The combined fee
is $70. RSVP at the email address below.
Details: (310) 732-1270; www.craftedportla.com;
delia@phoenixmagyk.com
Venue: Port of Los Angeles
Location: 110 E. 22nd St., San Pedro

Theater/Film
Ravens and Writing Desks
The Garage Theatre is hosting Ravens and Writing
Desks, 8 p.m. Aug. 8 through Aug. 31. Join Post
Mortem Movement Theatre as they adventure
with Alice. You won’t mind that they’ve taken
some liberties with the source material to make it

August 9 – 22, 2013

McClung said the group will do a small demo
of what they did for the film and play YouTube
clips of Hans talking about using steel guitars
orchestra to create some new tones and sounds
for the film.
Marty Rifken, one of those featured in the upcoming
show at Alvas, corroborated McClung’s account.
“On the last days of our recording” said Rifken.
“I came in and was doing solos for the film.”
The pedal steel guitar originated in Hawaii
in the late 19th and early 20th century. Played
horizontally, the pedal steel guitar has multiple
necks with eight or more strings connected to
the pedals of the instrument, allowing the feet to
adjust pitch of the sound as the chord is played
by plucking the strings with thumb, index and
middle fingers.
McClung explained that the entire show
will be about showing off the versatility of the
instrument, playing more than just Hawaiian and
country music. With nine players playing, each
will have 13 minute sets to turn out the house
playing blues, rock, jazz, classical music and
other genres.
“The guys get to do the songs they want to do.
And I encourage everybody to use as wide a genre

Bios of Steel Pedal Guitar Players
Chas Smith is an artist (metal sculptor and
welder), and inventor. He’s also a studio musician
on film and television, working with producers and
writers like T. Bone Burnett, John Williams and
Zimmer. He won an Academy Award for technical
achievement.
JayDee Maness is a legend after playing for
more than 45 years with artists such as Buck
Owens and The Bryds’ seminal album Sweetheart
of the Rodeo. He has also performed with Barry
Manilow, The Carpenters, and was a part of Vince
Gill’s touring band.
Skip Edwards is a renowned multiinstrumentalist, playing pedal steel and a master
keyboardist.
Rick Schmidt is another force of nature, playing
pedal steel and non-pedal steel instruments, guitar,
midi guitar and keys. Playing genres from country,
rock, blues, stage and television.
Marty Rifkin is a multi-string player with
credits working with Springsteen (six albums)
Tom Petty, and has recorded over 1,500 songs for
artists like Smokey Robinson, Hal David Band
has toured with “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen,
and Glen Campbell, as well as working in film
and television.
Bob “Boo” Bernstein played with a massive
list of country, roots rock and Latin artists: Freddy
Fender, Dwight Yokam, Michelle Shocked, Joan
Sebastian (part of her touring band) Vicente
Fernandez and the late Jeni Rivera.
Pete Freiberger is an all around player who has
worked with everyone from Barbara Streisand to
Delbert McClinton, and has turned his energy to
the steel guitar.
Doug Livingston grew up with no country and
for 20 years, was a pianist before turning his talents
toward the steel guitar. He has played in dozens
of TV shows like Simon & Simon, Mad Men, with
rocker Glen Frey, and singer Randy Newman.
Maria Martinez, author educator and columnist
for Modern Drummer Magazine, will be the
percussionist for the Alvas show.
On bass for the show at Alvas is George Keller,
who has a number of commercials, film, and
television credits. He and his wife Irene Lauren
have appeared on Nightline discussing online
music marketing.
Details: (800) 403-3447; www.alvasshowroom.com
Venue: Alvas Showroom
Location: 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

ilm composer Hans Zimmer wanted to make
a truly American soundtrack for a truly American
archetype in the film The Man of Steel.
To accomplish this feat, he used recruited steel
guitar players. An instrument that is more closely
associated with country and Hawaiian music, the
steel guitar’s unique qualities make it truly an
American instrument. Zimmer referred to the steel
guitar, “As the most American of instruments.”
The noted pedal steel player and teacher of
the instrument, John McClung, is producing two
pedal steel guitar shows at Alvas on Aug.11. One
of the many highlights of his career is his time
with Tex-Mex country star Freddie Fender, writer
and performer of the song “Before The Next
Teardrop Falls.”
McClung noted that Zimmer used the steel
guitar orchestra with the intention of creating
particular sounds and moods during certain
sequences in the film.
“They recorded all of us, some notes and
some intervals and some stuff like that, and then
he actually took some samples and put them on
his keyboard and in his composition he pulls up
some tones that we created,” said steel guitar
player John McClung.

selection as they could. So it’s not just country. I
really want to get that across, because too many
people like pigeonhole pedal steel as country,”
McClung explained.
“It is a musical instrument that can play
anything. There are pedal steel players that play
jazz. There is Doug Livingston who will do
nothing but play solo classical pieces by [Johann
Sebastian] Bach,” McClung said.
McClung noted that every player performing
is amazing. He took special note of Bob “Boo”
Bernstein who has played with a plethora of Latin
music artists.
There will be rhythm session artists, or rather
pedal steel players will be soloing and serving
as a backup band since many of them are multiinstrumentalists. What you will experience on
Sunday is a musical adventure with the finest
collection of pedal steel players in the world. The
first show is sold out and the tickets are going fast
for the second show.

Calendar continued on page 16.

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August 8

Calendar from page 15.
a little more appropriate for a grown up audience.
Tickets to the show are $18. Students, seniors
and teachers pay only $15. Reserve your tickets
in advanced.
Details: (866) 811-4111; www.thegaragetheatre.
org
Venue: The Garage Theatre
Location: 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach

Latino Comics Expo
The Museum of Latin American Art hosts the only
convention dedicated to showcasing Latino comic
artists. This is the expos first event in the Los
Angeles area. General admission is $9, Seniors
and Students are $6.
Details: www.molaa.org
Venue: Museum of Latin American Art
Location: 628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach

wo days after a peaceful community rally
against George Zimmerman’s acquittal turned
violent by a dozen youth, organizers for the World
Stage Rent Festival worried that continual heavy
police presence may deter fans from attending
the fundraiser.
By the evening, only two squad cars remained
on Degnan Boulevard.
Writer, poet, and festival emcee Michael
Datcher set the tone for the evening by explaining
the purpose of the evening’s performance.
“The rent, meaning our bills and festival,
meaning joy and the celebration of art and culture,” Datcher said. “We call the World Stage a
church because there is a spiritual vibe here.”
Rent Fest brought two nights of live music
and spoken word performances. Some of the best
musicians and artists in Los Angeles came out to
perform on the World Stage. They did so at no
cost, speaking to the importance of this venue
in the Southern California jazz scene and to its
continuing legacy.

Jazz vocalist, Dwight Trible, performed with
a quartet of musicians who are at the vanguard of
Los Angeles jazz scene. The members included
John Beasley on piano, Miguel Atwood Ferguson
on viola, Trevor Ware on upright bass, and Paul
Legaspi on drums.
The Charles Owens Quartet opened the show
and The Mayungo Jackson All Star Lineup closed
it. It was a thrill to see that four of the young
players in this sextet were University of Southern
California jazz students.
It was Trible’s idea to host the festival. As
a protege of jazz greats, Billy Higgins, Horace
Tapscott, and poet Kamau Daaood, Trible has
inherited the flame to carry on the legacy of the
World Stage. Trible says the World Stage is why
we have a Leimert Park.
“These people have given so much to me,”
Trible said. “I’m blessed that I was worthy of their
time and wisdom. Instinctively they knew one day
it may come down to me.”
The late jazz drummer Billy Higgins and

Kamau Daaood co-founded the World Stage in
1989 for the purpose of creating a place for artists
and musicians to meet, rehearse and share work
in the community. It is now a Leimert Park-based
arts institution that offers seven days of programs
in both jazz and writing workshops. There is no
paid staff. Everything is done on a volunteer basis.
Trible was recently asked to take the helm of the
World Stage by its board of directors and deal
with the crisis.
After the 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion, Leimert
Park’s growth as a center for African–American
arts and culture mirrored the growth of other arts
districts around Los Angeles, from Old Town
Pasadena to Venice, and from Downtown Los
Angeles to San Pedro. It was venues such as
the World Stage and the Kaos Network (which
fostered a thriving underground hip hop scene)
that gave Leimert park the cultural cache that it
enjoys today.
“We are in financial crisis for various
reasons,”explained Datcher about the dilemma
the venue is in. “In part because of the economy,
in part, because of the downturn of this neighborhood, there is less foot traffic here. As a result,
our clientele is shrinking. Our clientele have their
particular financial difficulties as well. So as a
result, that spinning effect, like the spider web, has
been catching us. And now we’re caught.”
For more than 10 years, Leimert Park has been
World Stage continued on page 17.

Eugene Daub Goes from Washington DC
to the Sunset Strip
by: Andrea Serna, Arts and Culture Writer
San Pedro is home to an impressive
collection of artists.
Many local artists have received international
acclaim and exhibit their art in some of the finest
galleries and museums across the world. Daub,
originally from Philadelphia, was introduced to
his wife Ann on a blind date and the couple
decided to make their home in San Pedro.
Only one of our local artists has a work of
art in the statuary hall of the U.S. Congress. This
year, Congress commissioned a statue and for
the first time the statue of an African-American
woman was installed.
Eugene Daub knows that his statue of Rosa
Parks in Washington, D.C. will be his most
celebrated work. Within the past 30 years Daub
has designed and created many public art
commissions for the U.S. government, private
foundations, universities and corporations and
has exhibited in the British Museum and the
Smithsonian Institute, among other locations.
His previous commissions include Harvey Milk,
young Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.
The artist has built his reputation on classically
styled figurative works. His accomplishments
have been recognized through numerous
awards in full figure, monumental and bas
relief sculpture. He serves on the board of
the National Sculpture Society and has taught
sculpture around the country
for years.
But Daub has concealed
another side to his artistic
tendencies. The artist spent
10 years as an art director
in the era of Mad Men.
His background in graphic
ar ts fostered a taste for
contemporary art.
Perhaps the success of
the Rosa Parks commission
has allowed him the freedom
to explore his other side and

entertain current popular culture.
Just in time, Gibson Guitartown on the
Sunset Strip invited Daub to participate in its
third installment of art guitars. The public art
exhibit features 10-foot tall art guitar sculptures
celebrating artists and musicians who have
influenced the Sunset Strip. The current
selection includes works celebrating 2013
Sunset Strip Music Festival honoree Joan Jett,
Janis Joplin, Love, ZZ Top, Alice Cooper and
Debbie Harry.
The project, created to support the non-profit
Music for Relief, originally launched in 2010.
At the end of the exhibition each guitar – a
work of art – is auctioned off for charity. Last
year’s auction raised over $50,000 for the Los
Angeles-based “Arts Matter” campaign, funding
music and arts education. This year auction
proceeds will go to benefit Music For Relief, the
nonprofit organization Linkin Park founded to
support disaster relief, provide aid to survivors
of natural disasters and support the prevention
of such disasters via environmental programs.
The outdoor installation consists of 20 10foot tall fiberglass guitars strategically placed
along the Strip. The first year of the fundraiser
Daub’s artist wife, Ann, created a guitar
celebrating Peter Frampton.
This year, it was Eugene’s turn to have fun
with rock ’n’ roll. His assignment was to create
a guitar for Debby Harry of Blondie fame. Most
artists paint on the fiberglass guitars.
Daub, being a sculptor, was inspired to
create a sculpture.
“It was important for me to come up with
a creative solution,” Daub said. “Typically my
things end up cast in bronze. In this case it had
to be lightweight, it had to be durable”
He had to come up with a method of
fabrication that would enable him to work with
a light material. Because it is displayed outside
it had to be able to withstand the weather. He
came up with a new method, building on the

Eugene Daub’s Debby Harry
inspired guitar. Harry was the lead
singer of the band, Blondie. Photo
courtesy of Eugene Daub

fiberglass with paper, glue and rivets, and then
setting the sculpture with bondo – the material
used for auto bodywork. The entire piece was
then painted colorfully to reflect the musician’s
energetic style and sealed with a weatherproof
sealer. The final result is titled “Call Me,” her hit
song which was theme from the movie American
Gigolo.
All guitars unveiled July 17 was put on
display at the Aug. 3 Sunset Strip Music Festival.
After the festival, they were placed along the
boulevard for public view.
The prolific artist has multiple projects in
the works today. Interestingly he is working on
another design for Congress. The sculpture is
a bust of aviator Amelia Earhart. If accepted,
he will be the first modern sculptor to have two
works in the National Statuary Hall. He recently
finished a sculpture of Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader-Ginsberg. For years he has done
relief sculptures and serves as President of the
American Medallion Sculpture Association.
For details on the Guitartown Art Guitars
project, a map and photos of the guitars, please
visit www.thesunsetstrip.com/guitartown.

Continued from page 16.

The World Stage

Continued from page 11.

TRANS

Trans was inspired by the story of Lt. Cmdr Christopher McGinn, a
Navy flight surgeon selected by NASA to serve on two space missions
underwent gender reassignment surgery. File photo

Jazz musician Dwight Trible (above), protege of jazz legends Horace Tapscott and Bill Higgins, was
drafted to lead the World Stage and guide it through its crisis. Photo by Terelle Jerricks

fighting to remain as a center of black cultural
Leimert Park resident and community
arts against the forces of shrinking foot traffic activist, Damien Goodmon, concurs.
due to the economy and gentrification and the
“There are two areas [in which] the comsteady pricing out of local shop owners renting munity needs help. One is advocating for
space in the area. Unlike other arts districts, Leimert Park and the other is to focus on buyeven fewer artist-business owners own their ing properties.The bottom line is until we own
building, making them all the more susceptible these structures we are susceptible to market
to gentrification.
pressures and demand.”
For the past 10 years, developers have been
Goodmon, as executive director of the
buying up the buildings on Degnan Avenue. Crenshaw Subway Coalition, was instrumental
Few of the new property owners could care in getting an Expo Line rail stop in Leimert
less whether the Leimert Park area maintains Park. Goodmon noted that the plan saw local
its credibility as a culmerchants and cultural
tural arts district. As There was a hard won fight institutions as being
tenants, the merchants to get a rail stop in Leimert instrumental in keeponly interaction with
Park on the Expo Line. Now ing Leimert Park’s
the owners is through a
cultural fabric intact
property management it looks like this buy up is the and thriving after the
company that has been unintended collateral damage train is built. He noted
deploying aggressive of that battle.
that the City of Los
management practices
Angeles owns two lots
since the takeover.
in the area.
The World Stage board of directors has
“That is under the ownership of the public
tried to meet with their councilman, Herb Wes- and we have a say in that,” Goodmon said.
son. Leimert was annexed to the 10th District
Goodmon noted that large corporations
from Councilman Bernard Park’s 8th district have long seen adjacent, affluent Baldwin
in 2010. Trible and other Leimert Park resi- Hills and View Park communities as reason
dents say that Wesson’s office has paid little enough to invest in Leimert Park. Goodmon
attention to them. It took Wesson’s office more noted that the challenge in such a scenario
than two months to meet with the group. They is getting those communities to buy into the
were scheduled to meet with Wesson on Aug. uniqueness of African-American culture and
7. Random Lengths called Wesson’s office for businesses. It’s critical because we’re talking
comment but did not receive a response before about preservation of a culture. The effort to
the publication date.
share the arts and continue the legacy of the
As Dwight Trible said, “If there is no World Stage will go on.
World Stage, there is no Leimert Park.”
“If it has to be that we have to leave LeimThat seems to be the rub. Merchants ert Park to do that, so be it,” Trible noted. “I
speculate that the buying frenzy in the area would hate for that to happen but we will carry
is due to the city’s commitment to extend the on at a new location. The World Stage is a
Crenshaw to LAX line station in the area, that concept and an idea. I and many others plan to
will connect Leimert Park to USC and the continue on with it one way or another.”
Los Angeles International Airport. There was
In the meantime, Trible and other World
a hard won fight to get a rail stop in Leimert Stage alumni are going to host a major benefit
Park on the Expo Line. Now it looks like this concert on Aug. 18 and execute other initiabuy up is the unintended collateral damage tives until a long term survival of the venue
of that battle.
is secured.
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World Stage needs to own the property it is Venue: The World Stage
in to ensure its survival and protection from Location: 4344 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles.
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being bought out of the community.

August 9 – 22, 2013

‘God does not make mistakes.’ That is really
a club which the religious right [beat]… in
fact, many religious people who think that
transgender people are making a decision
about lifestyle based on their sexual needs.
That’s the kind of disinformation that is out
there.”
The story arc of Chloe drives a class analysis to gender reassignment surgery, though
after speaking with Arnold, I couldn’t shake
the impression that it was unintentional.
“Chloe was so intimidated with coming
out of the closet that it literally scared her to
death,” Arnold explained in response, to my
suggestion that her suicide was in part due
to not having the resources to live where she
wanted and how she wanted.
“The prospect of coming out as trans is
a lot scarier than coming out as gay, as you
well understand,” Arnold noted.
Arnold ventured to say that most trans
people don’t have the money for surgery,
but still live perfectly fine lives without
surgery.
“Many trans men, for example, would
have top surgery but would not have bottom
surgery, because bottom surgery for trans
men is not where bottom surgery for women
is. It’s just a cosmetic sort of thing and it cost
five times as much as what surgery for trans
women is. There are a lot of choices once
you’re out of the closet. There’s nobody that’s
going to tell you, ‘you need surgery.’ That’s a
very personal decision that you may or may
not want to make,” Arnold explained.
I wasn’t fully satisfied with the answer,
but Trans was not intended to deal with
every problem. After watching Trans and
speaking with Arnold, there is still much
ground to cover.
The film is going to be screened at the Pacific Unitarian Church on Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. A
panel discussion will follow. Parking is free.
Admission is free, but donations to go toward
Pacific Unitarian Church’s Social Justice
Ministry and the Center of Long Beach teen
transgender program would be accepted.
Details: www.transthemovie.com, (323) 6389328
Venue: Pacific Unitarian Church
Location: 5621 Montemalaga Dr., Rancho
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Most parents with gender-conforming
children would probably view the Tyler story
arc as an instance of parents capitulating to
the child in the parent-child relationship.
They would be outraged particularly because
Tyler’s parents planned on preparing Danaan
for gender reassignment surgery when she
became of age and still wanted it.
“The youngest age that trans surgery has
been performed is 16,” Arnold explained
to correct a potential misunderstanding.
“They’ll move in that direction if she still
feels the same way when she’s 16, which
I’m sure she will. When she turns 11, they
will start with hormone blockers so that her
testosterone levels don’t start taking her down
the wrong road before she’s able to start on
her transitioning.”
Arnold noted that his film, and the Tyler
segment in particular, has drawn more than
one parent to stand up and tell him that their
lives and the lives of their children had been
changed.
What many viewers outside of the transgender community may miss when first
watching the film, is that Tyler was treated
by a number of psychologists and therapists.
Initially, she was treated simply as a discipline problem.
Arnold explained that he went to a number
of counselors who did not understand from
the start that the patient was transgender.
Arnold said he intentionally chose not to go
further down that road of inquiry in the film
because he didn’t think it was his job to pillory these health professionals.
Trans addresses the faith community
with the inclusion of Rev. Dr. Michael Holland, who forcefully pushes back against
those that say, “God makes no mistakes,”
and articulated the perspective that gender
reassignment surgery as being no different
from separating Siamese twins or repairing
a cleft palate.
Arnold believes that Rev. Holland, as pastor of the progressive, gay-friendly Church
of the Foothills in Orange County, gave the
film faith-driven credibility.
“When we had the opportunity to get
Rev. Mike out in Orange County on board,
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FILINGS
Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013143691
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Level 2 Languages, 1374 W. 37th Street, San
Pedo CA 90731. County of Los
Angeles. Registered owner(s) Mark
Sanden, 1374 W. 37th Street, San
Pedo Ca 90731. This business is
conducted by an individual. The
registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed
above in 07/24/13. I declare that
all information in this statement is
true and correct. (A registrant who
declares as true information, which
he or she knows to be false, is guilty
of a crime.). S/ Mark Sanden. This
statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on July 24,
2013. Notice- In accordance with
Subdivision (a) of Section 17920,
a Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end of five
years from the date on which it
was filed in the office of the County
Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any change in
the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does not of

itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 08/08/13,

08/22/13, 09/03/13, 09/17/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013116702
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AK Accounting,
3320 S. Denison Ave., San Pedro,
CA, 90731. County of Los Angeles.
Registered owner(s) Bilko Inc, 3320
S. Denison Ave., San Pedro, CA,
90731. This business is conducted
by a corporation. The registrant
commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name
or names listed above in 10/27/08.
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. (A
registrant who declares as true
information, which he or she knows
to be false, is guilty of a crime.).
S/ V. Anne Kohl, CEO. This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on June 6,
2013. Notice- In accordance with
Subdivision (a) of Section 17920,
a Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end of five
years from the date on which it
was filed in the office of the County

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from previous page
Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any change in
the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 06/27/13,
07/11/13, 07/25/13, 08/08/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013111398
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Built Strong Construction, 1249 W. 14th Street,
San Pedro, CA 90731. County of
Los Angeles. Registered owner(s)
Brian Armstrong, 1249 W. 14th
Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. This
business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or names
listed above in N/A. I declare that
all information in this statement is
true and correct. (A registrant who
declares as true information, which
he or she knows to be false, is guilty
of a crime.). S/ Brian Armstrong,
Owner. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 30, 2013. Notice- In
accordance with Subdivision (a) of

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FILINGS
Section 17920, a Fictitious Business Statement generally expires
at the end of five years from the
date on which it was filed in the
office of the County Clerk, except
as provided in Subdivision (b) of
Section 17920, where it expires
40 days after any change in the
facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 06/27/13,

07/11/13, 07/25/13, 08/08/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013116707
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Land’s End
Properties, 2515 S. Wstern Ave.,
Suite 15. County of Los Angeles.
Registered owner(s) R. Clinton
Miller, 1373 W. 7th Street, San
Pedro, CA 90732. This business
is conducted by an individual. The
registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business name or names listed above
in N/A. I declare that all information
in this statement is true and correct.
(A registrant who declares as true
information, which he or she knows
to be false, is guilty of a crime.).
S/ R. Clinton Miller, Owner. This

statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on June 6,
2013. Notice- In accordance with
Subdivision (a) of Section 17920,
a Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end of five
years from the date on which it
was filed in the office of the County
Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any change in
the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 06/27/13,

07/11/13, 07/25/13, 08/08/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013135287
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Original Concrete Stone, 363 W. 12th St., San
Pedo Ca 90731. County of Los
Angeles. Registered owner(s)
Kasey Alexander Diaz, 791 W.
6th Strert, Apt #2, San Pedro, Ca
90731. This business is conducted
by an individual. The registrant
commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name
or names listed above in N/A. I
declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. (A

registrant who declares as true
information, which he or she
knows to be false, is guilty of
a crime.). S/ Kasey Alexander
Diaz. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Los
Angeles on June 28, 2013.
Notice- In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a
Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end
of five years from the date on
which it was filed in the office
of the County Clerk, except as
provided in Subdivision (b) of
Section 17920, where it expires
40 days after any change in the
facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence
address of a registered owner. A
New Fictitious Business Statement must be filed before the
expiration. The filing of this
statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et.
Seq., Business and Professions
Code). Amended (New Filing):

conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or
names listed above in N/A. I declare
that all information in this statement
is true and correct. (A registrant who
declares as true information, which
he or she knows to be false, is guilty
of a crime.). S/ Francisco Lopez. This
statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on June 13, 2013.
Notice- In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious
Business Statement generally expires
at the end of five years from the date
on which it was filed in the office of
the County Clerk, except as provided
in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920,
where it expires 40 days after any
change in the facts set forth in the
statement pursuant to section 17913
other than a change in the residence
address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a
Fictitious Business Name in violation
of the rights of another under Federal,
State, or common law (See Section
14411 et. Seq., Business and Professions Code). Amended (New Filing):

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013123855
The following person(s) is (are) doing
business as: Point Fermin Marine,
2275 W. 25th Street #58, San Pedro,
CA, 90732. County of Los Angeles.
Registered owner(s) Daniel Mead
Fees Jr., 2275 W. 25th Street #58, San
Pedro, CA, 90732. This business is
conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or
names listed above in N/A. I declare
that all information in this statement
is true and correct. (A registrant who
declares as true information, which
he or she knows to be false, is guilty
of a crime.). S/ Daniel Mead Fees
Jr.,. This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Los Angeles on June
14, 2013. Notice- In accordance with
Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Business Statement generally
expires at the end of five years from
the date on which it was filed in the
office of the County Clerk, except as
provided in Subdivision (b) of Section
17920, where it expires 40 days after
any change in the facts set forth in the
statement pursuant to section 17913
other than a change in the residence
address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a
Fictitious Business Name in violation
of the rights of another under Federal,
State, or common law (See Section
14411 et. Seq., Business and Professions Code). Amended (New Filing):

07/11/13, 07/25/13, 08/08/13,08/22/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013135288
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Affordable
PC Repair, 961 W. 21st Street,
San Pedro, CA 90732. County of
Los Angeles. Registered owner(s)
James Frances Sandor, 961 W.
21st Street, San Pedro, CA 90732.
This business is conducted by an
individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name
or names listed above in N/A. I
declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. (A
registrant who declares as true
information, which he or she knows
to be false, is guilty of a crime.).
S/ James Frances Sandor. This
statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on June 28,
2013. Notice- In accordance with
Subdivision (a) of Section 17920,
a Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end of five
years from the date on which it
was filed in the office of the County
Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any change in
the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 07/11/13,

07/25/13, 08/08/13,08/22/13

Statement of Abandoment of
Use of Fictitious Business
Name
File No. 2012220894
Date Filed 11/05/2012
Seaside Healing Arts, 615 W. 9th
Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Registered Owner(s): Body Shop
Day Spa, Inc., 4001 Inglewood
Ave., 101-639, Redondo each, Ca
90278. Business was conducted
by a corporation. I declare that all
information in this statement is true
and correct. ( A registant who declares as true informaiton which he
or she knows tobe falseis guilty of
a crime.) Body DS/ Beth Hurewitz,
President. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on July 11, 2013.
07/25/13, 08/08/13, 08/22/13, 09/03/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013143691
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Housewife on
Wheels, 3470 S. Leland St., San
Pedo Ca 90731. County of Los Angeles. Registered owner(s) Diane
Taylor Carbone, 3470 S. Leland St.,
San Pedo Ca 90731. This business
is conducted by an individual. The
registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business name or names listed above
in N/A. I declare that all information
in this statement is true and correct.
(A registrant who declares as true
information, which he or she knows
to be false, is guilty of a crime.). S/
Diane Taylor Carbone. This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on July 11,
2013. Notice- In accordance with
Subdivision (a) of Section 17920,
a Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end of five
years from the date on which it
was filed in the office of the County
Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any change in
the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other

08/08/13, 08/22/13, 09/03/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013143692
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Victory Property Investments, 100 Aquarium
Way, #2, Long Beach, CA 90802.
County of Los Angeles. Registered
owner(s) Luz Victoria Osuna, 723
N. Leland Ave., San Pedro, CA
90732. This business is conducted
by an individual. The registrant
commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name
or names listed above in N/A. I
declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. (A
registrant who declares as true
information, which he or she knows
to be false, is guilty of a crime.).
S/ Luz Victoria Osuna. This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on July 11,
2013. Notice- In accordance with
Subdivision (a) of Section 17920,
a Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end of five
years from the date on which it
was filed in the office of the County
Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any change in
the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 07/25/13,
08/08/13, 08/22/13, 09/03/13

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013139431
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Soulera, 510
Shepard St., San Pedro, CA 90731.
County of Los Angeles. Registered
owner(s) Andrew Jonathan Soto,
510 Shepard St., San Pedro, CA
90731. This business is conducted
by an individual. The registrant
commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed
above in N/A. I declare that all
information in this statement is
true and correct. (A registrant
who declares as true information, which he or she knows to
be false, is guilty of a crime.).
S/ Andrew Jonathan Soto.
This statement was filed with
the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 5, 2013. Notice- In
accordance with Subdivision
(a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Business Statement
generally expires at the end
of five years from the date on
which it was filed in the office
of the County Clerk, except
as provided in Subdivision
(b) of Section 17920, where
it expires 40 days after any
change in the facts set forth
in the statement pursuant to
section 17913 other than a
change in the residence address of a registered owner.
A New Fictitious Business
Statement must be filed before
the expiration. The filing of this
statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name
in violation of the rights of
another under Federal, State,
or common law (See Section
14411 et. Seq., Business and
Professions Code). Amended
(New Filing): 07/25/13, 08/08/13,
08/22/13, 09/03/13

August 9 - 22, 2013

Fictitious Business Name
Statement
File No. 2013134123
The following person(s) is (are) doing
business as: Fantasy Spa Mobile Pet
Grooming, 2671 S. Cabrillo Avenue,
San Pedro, CA 90732. County of Los
Angeles. Registered owner(s) Adrian
Garcia, 2671 S. Cabrillo Avenue, San
Pedro, CA 90732. Erica Garcia, 2671
S. Cabrillo Avenue, San Pedro, CA
90732. This business is conducted
by a married couple. The registrant
commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or
names listed above in N/A. I declare
that all information in this statement
is true and correct. (A registrant who
declares as true information, which
he or she knows to be false, is guilty
of a crime.). S/ Adrian Garcia. This
statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles on June 27, 2013.
Notice- In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious
Business Statement generally expires
at the end of five years from the date
on which it was filed in the office of
the County Clerk, except as provided
in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920,
where it expires 40 days after any
change in the facts set forth in the
statement pursuant to section 17913
other than a change in the residence
address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The

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than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Statement must
be filed before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 07/25/13,

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filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state
of a Fictitious Business Name in
violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common
law (See Section 14411 et. Seq.,
Business and Professions Code).
Amended (New Filing): 07/11/13,